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Brasilia

Israel Adesanya unapologetic for UFC 248 performance

Watch a replay of today's show here.Israel Adesanya heard the boobirds for the first time in his UFC career on Saturday night as his middleweight title defense versus Yoel Romero fell short of expectations."One hundred percent, the weirdest fight I've ever been a part of," Adesanya said Monday on Ariel…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Trade War

A New Decade Signifies A Shift In Asia’s Emerging Markets

New decade, new paradigm Getty Images Much of the handwringing over China and emerging markets this year has stemmed from the unfolding damage caused by the Covid-19 outbreak—but while the virus is still spreading, it’s hard to know the final cost. We can, however, make a few judgments on the…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Scottish National Party

Former Scotland leader in court on sex charges

EDINBURGH: Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond was due to go on trial Monday (Mar 9) accused of a string of sexual offences, including an attempted rape at his official residence in 2014.The 65-year-old is facing two counts of indecent assault, 10 of sexual assault, an attempted rape and a sexual…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Grexit

The History of Socialism and Social Democracy. SYRIZA’s Betrayal of Greece Is a Spectre Haunting the Left

‘Super Tuesday’ in the 2020 presidential election season is over and Senator Bernie Sanders’s time as the unlikely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination may have stopped just as quick as it began. Despite an unprecedented smear campaign coordinated by the party leadership and corporate media against him, the self-described “democratic…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Kim Jong Un

North Korea Fires Projectiles In New Weapons Test, South Korean Military Says

North Korea fired several projectiles into the sea on Monday, the country’s second weapons test in a week as tensions have heated up once again on the Korean peninsula. The South Korean military said the North fired three unidentified projectiles, some flying about 125 miles before falling into the East…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Lithium

Powering the future with revolutionary lithium extraction technique

A world-first study, led by Australia's Monash University, has patented a new filtration technique that could slash lithium extraction times. The research team has developed a synthetic MOF-based membrane that can filter lithium ions in an ultra-fast and highly selective manner. Preliminary studies have shown this technology has a lithium…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Alexander von Humboldt

New study on COVID-19 estimates 5.1 days for incubation period

An analysis of publicly available data on infections from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 yielded an estimate of 5.1 days for the median disease incubation period, according to a new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This median time…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Stalingrad

Mart Crowley, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Playwright, Dies at 84

Mart Crowley, the Tony Award-winning playwright whose pioneering 1968 play “The Boys in the Band” became a groundbreaking landmark in representing gay life, has died at age 84. Veteran journalist Michael Musto announced Crowley’s death via Facebook on Sunday. Crowley had worked in the 1960s as an assistant to actress…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

BUK-Missile

MH17 Court Trial to Begin in the Netherlands Against Backdrop of Media Wars

Europe03:35 GMT 09.03.2020(updated 03:37 GMT 09.03.2020) Get short URLOn Monday a criminal trial will start in the Netherlands with four suspects being accused of involvement in bringing down Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight in Ukraine in 2014. A series of events organized by critics of the trial were held ahead of…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Chinese Economy

Asian stock markets tumble after oil prices crash

Image copyright Getty Images Shares in London have plummeted in early trading, with the FTSE 100 index of shares plunging 8%.It comes after big falls in Asia, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index down 5% while Australia's ASX 200 slumped 7.3%, its biggest daily drop since 2008.Markets have been rattled by…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Israel Adesanya unapologetic for UFC 248 performance

A New Decade Signifies A Shift In Asia’s Emerging Markets

Former Scotland leader in court on sex charges

The History of Socialism and Social Democracy. SYRIZA’s Betrayal of Greece Is a Spectre Haunting the Left

North Korea Fires Projectiles In New Weapons Test, South Korean Military Says

Powering the future with revolutionary lithium extraction technique

New study on COVID-19 estimates 5.1 days for incubation period

Mart Crowley, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Playwright, Dies at 84

MH17 Court Trial to Begin in the Netherlands Against Backdrop of Media Wars

Asian stock markets tumble after oil prices crash

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